The Wascally Wabbit

by | Jul 27, 2013 | Book Reviews

July 27: Bugs Bunny was born on this day in 1940, in the Warner Bros. cartoon A Wild Hare. The debut of “the first real cartoon movie star” shows him greeting the befuddled Elmer (“Be wery, wery quiet — I’m hunting wabbits”) with...

Securing America

by | Jul 26, 2013 | Book Reviews

July 26: The National Security Act became law on this day in 1947, President Truman signing off on the creation of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, as well as a reorganization of the military. Cold War politics led to the formation of...

Borrowing Hamlet

by | Jul 25, 2013 | Book Reviews

July 25: On this day in 1602 “A booke called the Revenge of Hamlett Prince Denmarke” was entered in the Stationers’ Register by printer James Robertes. If Robertes was practicing standard thievery for these pre-copyright times, Shakespeare too had...